video, @hiccup

[thisisamazing]

[The camera clicks on at an awkward angle at first, but soon the young man in a tunic and leather armor manages to right his device and set it on a table. He takes a few steps back to address it with a sheepish smile.] So, uh. Hello, everyone. Wow, this place is something else. A box that allows for instant communication... It's faster than terror-mail! I could really use some of these back home. Uh, anyway.

I've heard a lot about the Perimeter Guard, namely that you guys, uh. Kill monsters. [There's a slight, involuntary cringe at that, as if his soft heart can't quite take the thought. It's startled off him and back into a smile, though, when a large black creature stalks into the room, wide green eyes fixed curiously on him, and then the device.] This is just a little, you know, public service announcement. [Suddenly, the screen blacks out - or, more accurately, becomes filled with the shiny black scales of a Night Fury as Toothless leans in to sniff at the camera.]

C'mon, bud, I think you're- Toothless, don't-! [Toothless makes a sound almost like barks of rumbly laughter, and- then a pink tongue fills the screen. Hiccup wrestles the device back, and now the video is... a little bit watery. The dragon is back on his haunches, 'smiling' a big, gummy smile. Hiccup's voice is dry as he continues.] This is Toothless. He's my dragon, and my best friend, and he's not dangerous unless you threaten him, so if you see him around the city, you know, he's... he's not a monster. [As he fumbles with it, trying to wipe off dragon drool, Hiccup mutters just before it cuts out,] You know this doesn't wash out.

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[thisisamazing]

Huh. [Well, he guesses that makes it easier to classify dragons at a glance. Still, it makes his tender heart sad to know that some dragons, somewhere, are considered evil (even if they maybe are, he wouldn't know).] That's really interesting. Maybe we can compare notes sometime!

[He looks up across the room at Toothless, and smiles fondly.] He's just a big baby, you didn't upset him that much. [Toothless audibly huffs out a little growl, and soon the camera jostles as he flops down on top of Hiccup.] Oof, viking down. Sorry, bud-

Wait, dragons turn into people where you're from? That's real?

[umbrastaff]

Eh, not a dragon expert. I just think they're neat. I can totally tell you what I know over some ice cream or something one day, though.

[She shrugs, and then beams as Toothless knocks him over. That was adorable.

Lup doubts he'd understand the animal language she picked up on one of the worlds she went to, but she can't help making a chirp or two just to test.]

Mmhm. They can like... turn into anything they want. They're mad intelligent, too. Like, smarter than people?

[thisisamazing]

They are neat. I'd love to know more, though. I didn't know it was possible for dragons to turn into other things. Smarter than people, that doesn't even really sound like a dragon, at least not like what I'm used to. [Toothless is pretty smart, but he's still definitely an animal, albeit a dearly loved one with a high level of understanding. It doesn't stop him from pouncing on beams of light and things like that.

The dragon himself tilts his head and noses closer to the camera, making an inquisitive little noise almost like a purr.]

[umbrastaff]

It's kinda whack how different things are in people's worlds than what you're used to, huh?

[She smiles and makes little cooing noises at the dragon. Hey, even bamf wizards are allowed to fall for the cute, okay?]

What does he eat?

[thisisamazing]

Being here has definitely been interesting. There's a lot to learn. [It's keeping his mind off missing home, at least.]

Fish mostly, but he also likes yak jerky and sometimes mutton.